deavour to disable them; when, after a few more shots passing, and we had: some time previous to this movement secured the retreat of the Euryalus and Sheerwater, and the wind rather failing us, we wore and stood a little away to the Southward, which the Enemy most politely permitted us to do unhurt and unmolested, at a time too when they had it fully in their power to bring us to a decisive action, under circumstances as highly advantageous to them as they were the reverse to us; their conduct, therefore, puts in a flattering and clear point of view the respect in which they hold the British Navy; and from the determined conduct of the squadron you did me the honour to place under my command, I am fully persuaded, had the ambition of the Enemy permitted him to make a bolder attack, the result would have been still more honourable to his Majesty's arms.--And I trust it cannot escape your notice that, although the disparity of force was conspicuously encouraging to the Enemy, yet from the moment that the situation of the Euryalus and Sheerwater became doubtful, and for a long time after, we never declined an action, but on the contrary lay to receive them for more than an hour and an half. I have now, Sir, to perform 'a task most grateful to my feelings, which is that of reporting to you that, in proportion as difficulties and dangers presented themselves, the patient, active, and undaunted conduct of the squadron was such as to merit my warmest approbation; and I feel most particularly sensible of the exertions of Capts. Otway and Fellowes, in preserving such compact order, which evidently deterred the Enemy from making a further attack. The Hon. Capt. Dundas, of the Euryalus, and Capt. Sibley, in the Sheerwater, situated as they were, did every thing I could either wish or expect; the latter I dispatched by signal to apprize you of our situation. To the officers and crew of this ship I shall ever feel much indebted for their steady and active conduct, but particularly to Lieut. Calloway, from whose judgment, zeal, and activity, as well as that of Mr. Bower, the master, I derived a most essential aid.-Capts. Otway and Fellowes have also reported to me, that the same coolness and activity manifested itself in all ranks in their respective ships: and that they feel equally sensible of the assistance they received from their first lieutenants, Messrs. Lowry and Fitzmaurice.

I am, &c. H. BLACKWOOD, Capt.
GENT. MAG, October, 1810.

Letter from Capt. Malcolm, of H. M. S. the Rhin, addressed to Adm. Stopford, and transmitted by Lord Gambier. SIR, I have the honour to inform you that, at four P. M. after a chace of two hours and an half, I captured off the Lizard, the French schooner an Joseph, of St. Malo, of about one hundred tons, pierced for 16 guns, but only mounting 14, and 68 men, commanded by Joseph Wittevronghel, a Dane; she sailed last evening at six o'clock, and had taken nothing; she is only one year old, copper bottomed and fastened, a most beautiful vessel, and sails remarkably well. His Majesty's sloops Little Belt and Wolverine were in company; the latter, I find, had been in chace of her from 11 A. M. C. MALCOLM.

*We are obliged to postpone till next month the Gazettes which in ther proper order should be here inserted, to make room for the interesting particulars contained in the following

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY.

Downing-street, Oct. 14. The following Dispatch was this day received at the Earl of Liverpool's office from Lord Wellington, dated Coimbra, Sept. 30.

My Lord, While the Enemy was advancing from Celorico and Francoso. upon Viseu, the different divisions of Militia and Ordenanza were employed upon their flanks and rear; and Col. Trant, with his division, attacked the escort of the military chest and reserve artillery, near Tojal, on the 20th inst. He took two officers and 100 prisoners, but the Enemy collected a force from the front and rear, which obliged him to retire again towards the Douro. I understand that the Enemy's communication with Almeida is completely cut off; and he possesses only the ground on which his army stands. My Dispatches of the 20th inst. will have informed you of the measures which I had adopted, and which were in progress to collect the army in this neighbourhood, and, if possible, to prevent the Enemy from obtaining possession of this town. On the 21st the Enemy's advanced guard pushed on to St. Cambadao, at the junction of the Rivers Criz and Dao; and Brig.-gen. Pack retired across the former, and joined Brig.-gen. Crawfurd at Mortagoa, having destroyed the bridges over those two rivers. The Enemy's advanced guard crossed the Criz, having repaired the bridge, on the 23d, and the whole of the 6th corps was collected on the other side of the river; and I therefore withdrew the cavalry through the Sierra de Busaco, with the exception of three squadrons,

squadrons, as the ground was unfavourable for the operations of that arm. On the 25th, the whole of the 6th and of the 2d corps crossed the Criz, in the neighbourhood of St. Cambadao; and Brig-gen. Crawfurd's division, and Brig.gen. Pack's brigade retired to the position which I had fixed upon for the army on the top of Sierra de Busaco. These troops were followed in this movement by the whole of the corps of Ney and Regnier (the 6th and 2d), but it was conducted by Brig.-gen. Crawfurd with great regularity, and the troops took their position without sustaining any loss of importance. The 4th Portuguese Caçadores, which had retired on the right of the other troops, and the picquets of the 3d division of infantry, which were posted at St. Antonio de Cantaro, under Major Smith, of the 45th, were engaged with the advance of Regnier's corps in the afternoon; and the former shewed that steadiness and gallantry which others of the Portuguese troops have since manifested. The Sierra de Busaco is a high ridge which extends from the Mondego in a Northerly direction about eight miles! At the highest point of the ridge, about two miles from its termination, is the Convent and Garden of Busaco. The Sierra of Busaco is connected by a mountainous tract of country with the Sierra de Caramula, which extends in a North-easterly direction beyond Viseu, and separates the Valley of the Mondego from the Valley of the Douro, on the left of the Mondego. Nearly in a line with the Sierra de Busaco, is another ridge of the same description, which is called the Sierra de Murcella, covered by the river Alva, and connected by other mountainous tracts with the Sierra d'Estrella. All the roads to Coimbra from the Eastward, lead over one or the other of these Sierras. They are very difficult for the passage of an army, the approach to the top of the ridge on both sides being mountainous. As the Enemy's whole army was on the ridge of the Mondego, and as it was evident, that he intended to force our position, Lieut.-gen. Hill crossed the river by a short movement to his left, on the morning of the 26th, leaving Col. le Cor with his brigade on the Sierra de Murcella, to cover the right of the army; and Major-gen. Fane with his division of Portuguese cavalry and the 13th Light Dragoons in front of the Alva, to observe and check the movements of the Enemy's cavalry on the Mondego. With this exception, the whole army was collected upon the Sierra de Busaco, with the British caalry observing the plain in the rear of

its left, and the road leading from Mortagoa to Oporto, through the mountainous tract which connects the Sierra de Busaco with the Sierra de Caramula. The 8th corps joined the Enemy in our front on the 26th, but he did not make any serious attack on that day. The light troops on both sides were engaged throughout the line. At six in the morning of the 27th, the Enemy made two desperate attacks upon our position, the one on the right, the other on the left of the highest point of the Sierra. The attack upon the right was made by two divisions of the 2d corps, on that part of the Sierra occupied by the 3d division of infantry. One division of French infantry arrived at the top of the ridge, when it was attacked in the most gallant manner by the 88th regiment, under the command of the Hon. Lieut.col. Wallace, and the 45th regiment, under the command of the Hon. Lieut.col. Meade, and by the 8th Portuguese regiment, under the command of Lieut.col. Douglas, directed by Major-gen. Picton. These three corps advanced with the bayonet, and drove the Enemy's division from the advantageous ground which they had obtained. The other division of the 2d corps attacked farther on the right, by the road leading by St, Antonio de Cantaro, also in front of Major-gen. Picton's division. This division was repulsed before it could reach the top of the ridge, by the 74th regiment, under the command of the Hon.Lieut.-col. French, and the brigade of Portuguese infantry, under the command of Col. Champelmond, directed by Col. Mackinnon. Major-gen. Leith also moved to his left, to the support of Major-gen. Picton, and aided in the defeat of the Enemy our this post, by the 3d battalion royals, the 1st battalion, and the 2d battalion, 38th regiment. In these attacks, Major-generals Leith and Picton, Colonels Mackinnon and Champelmond, of the Portuguese service, who was wounded, Lieut.-col. Wallace, the Hon. Lieut.-· col. Meade, Lieut.-col. Sutton of the 9th Portuguese regiment, Major Smith of the 45th regiment, who was unfortunately killed, Lieut.-col. Douglas, and Major Birmingham of the 8th Portuguese regiment, distinguished themselves. Major-gen. Picton reports of the 9th and 21st Portuguese regiments, commanded by Lieut.-col. Sutton and by Lieut.-col. de Arouje Bacellar, and of the Portuguese artillery, commanded by Lieut.-col. Arenschild. I have also to mention in a particular manner the conduct of Capt. Dansey of the 88th regiment. Major-gen. Leith reports the good conduct of the Royals, 1st bat

Oporto by the General Officer command. ing in the North, in consequence of a small detachment of the Enemy being in possession of St. Pedro de Sul; and, notwithstanding the efforts which he made to arrive in time, he did not reach Sardao till the 28th at night, after the Enemy was in possession of the ground. As it was probable, that in the course of the night of the 28th, the Enemy would throw his whole army upon that road, by which he could avoid the Sierra de Busaco, and reach Coimbra by the higli road to Oporto, and thus the army would have been exposed to be cut off from that town, or to a general action on less favourable ground; and as I had reinforcements in my rear, I was induced to withdraw from the Sierra de Busaco. The Enemy did break up in the mountains at 11 at night of the 28th, and he made the march expected. His advanced guard was at Avelans, in the road from Oporto to Coimbra, yesterday; and the whole army was seen in march through the mountains; that under my command, however, was already in the low country, between the Sierra de Busaco and the sea; and the whole of it, with the exception of the advanced guard, is this day on the left of the Mondego. Although, from the unfor nate circumstance of the delay of Col. Trant's arrival at Sardao, I am appre hensive that I shall not succeed in effecting the object which I had in view in passing the Mondego, and in occupying the Sierra de Busaco, I do not regret my having done so. This movement has afforded me a favourable opportunity of shewing the Enemy, the description of troops of which this army is composed; it has brought the Portuguese levies into action with the Enemy for the first time in an advantageous situation; and they have proved that the trouble which has been taken with them, has not been thrown away, and that they are worthy of contending in the same ranks with British troops in this interesting cause, which they afford the best hopes of saving. Throughout the contest upon the Sierra, and in all the previous marches, and in those which we have since made, the whole army has conducted themselves in the most regular manner. Accordingly, all the operat tions have been carried with ease, the soldiers have suffered no privations, have undergone no unnecessary fatigue, there has been no loss of stores, and the army is in the highest spirits. I have received, throughout the service, the greatest assistance from the General and Staff Offcers. Lieut.-gen. Sir Brent Spencer has given me the assistance which his experience enables him to afford me; and I

am particularly indebted to the Adjutant and Quarter-master-general, and the officers of their departments, and to Lieut.-col. Bathurst, and the officers of my personal Staff, to Brig.-gen. Howarth and the artillery, and particularly to Lieut. col. Fletcher, Capt. Chapman, and the officers of the royal engineers. I must likewise mention Mr. Kennedy, and the officers of the Commissariat, which department has been carried on most successfully. I should not do justice to the service, or to my own feelings, if I did not take this opportunity of drawing your Lordship's attention to the merits of Marshal Beresford. To him exclusively, under the Portuguese Government, is due the merit of having raised, formed, disciplined, and equipped the Portuguese army, which has now shown itself capable of engaging and defeating the Enemy. I have besides received from him, upon all occasions, all the assistance which his experience and abilities, and knowledge of this country, have qualified him to afford me. The Enemy has made no movement in Estremadura, or in the Northern provinces, since I addressed your Lordship last. My last accounts from Cadiz are of the 9th inst. I inclose a return of the killed and wounded of the allied armies in the course of the 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th inst. I send this Dispatch by my Aid-de-camp, Capt. Burgh, to whom I beg to refer your Lordship for any further details, and to recommend him to your Lordship's notice. I have the honour to be, &c.

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(Signed)

WELLINGTON. Return of the number of killed, wounded, and missing, of the army under Lieut.-gen. Lord Wellington, K. B. in the advance of the French armytowards the position of Busaco, Sept. 25 & 26. Gen. Staff, I Capt. wounded-14th Lt. Drag. I horse killed; I serjt. 2 rank and file, 4 horses wounded; 3 rank and file, 7 horses missing-16th Lt. Drag. 2 horses, killed; 1 cornet, 4 horses, wounded; 4 rank and file, 3 horses, missing-1st Hussars K. G. L. 2 horses killed; 1 serjt. 3 rank and file, 4 horses, wounded;-Total, 5 horses killed, i capt. 1 cornet, 2 serjts. 5 rank and file, 12 horses, wounded; 7 rank and file, 10 horses, missing.

Names of Officers wounded.-99th Ft. Capt. Hoey, Dep.-ass.-adjt.-gen. severely -16th Lt. Drag. Cornet Keating, slightly. List of Officers killed, wounded, and missing, of the army under Lieut.-gen. Lord Wellington, in the action with the French army, under Marshal Massena, in the position of Busaco, on Sept. 27.

Killed.-1st Batt. 45th Foot, Major

Return of the killed, wounded, missing, and prisoners of war, of the Portuguese army, on Sept. 27.

Killed, 4 capts. 2 subalt. 1 serjt. I drum. 82 rank and file.-Wounded, i col. 1 major, 5 capts. 18 subalt. 9 serjts. 478 rank and file.-Prisoners and Missing, 2 serjts. 18 rank and file.-Total, killed 90, wounded 512, prisoners and missing 20.

Names of Officers killed and wounded.

Killed, 1st regt. Capt. William Mackintosh-8th regt. Capt. Antonio Coutinho de Souza-16th regt. Capt. Charles Fox. 21st regt. Capt. Salisbury, Ensign Agostinho de Souza e Castro-4th Caçadores, Ensign Luiz das Neves Franco.

Wounded, Major Prior, Acting Aid-decamp to Marshal Beresford-1st regt. Ensigns Joseph de Paula and Bernardino de Serra-8th regt. Capt. Francisco Euzebio, Lieut. Vicente Maria Ayres, Ensigns Joao Antonio Roiz, M. Pedro de Sep. Jeaquim Migul-Mascas-9th regt. Major Butler and Ensign Felis Antonio Bezerra-16th regt. Capt. Pedro da Cunha and Ensign Joze da Rocha-19th regt. Lieut. Joaquim Galdino da Rosa21st regt. Col. Joseph Joaquim Champli maud, Capt. Antonio Soires Borges, Lieut. Diego Machade Paes, Ensigns Jose Monteiro and Joao Alberto Per. da Ess-3d Caçadores, Ensigns Alfonso Botelbo, Joaquim Segurado, Joaquim Christostimo-4th ditto, Capt. Jose Bernardino, Lieuts. Anselmo de Quiroz and Joaquim de Vasconcillos, Ensign Joaquim Felicissimo-6th ditto, Capt. Lon renço Homem.

The Patriots in Catalonia have obtained an important advantage. Under date of Tarragona, Sept. 9. it is said, Gen. O'Donnell quitted that city, and, with the troops under his orders, had succeeded in making 1400 Frenchmen prisoners, besides 40 officers, among whom were two Generals. This achievement took place in the neighbourhood of Palamos; and the whole of the bag gage, ammunition, and stores of the Enemy, commanded by Gen. schwartz, bas been secured by the Patriots. They have likewise obtained 18 pieces of ar tillery, each of them 30-pounders. It was added, that Gen. O'Donnell was severely wounded in the foot by a musket ball, and it was feared that ampu tation would be necessary. That officer had arrived at Tarragona in the Cambrian frigate, attended by another ship of war, with Gen. Doyle, which was ac companied by 74 smaller vessels, conveying the captives and spoils. Gen. Macdonald,